HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — Bill Butler, Corporex Cos. CEO, has given nearly half a million dollars of prime Boone County real estate to a new technical college.

        The Northern Kentucky Community and Technical College District and Northern Kentucky Technical College announced the 6.4-acre land gift Tuesday.

        The property, valued at $495,000, is on Weaver Road and Interstate 75, adjacent to the college district's recently purchased land on Mount Zion Road.

        According to college officials, it is the largest single donation to the college from a private individual.

        Though it serves 2,000 students in 28 programs and operates campuses in Covington, Edgewood and Highland Heights, the Northern Kentucky Technical College plans to make a new, yet-to-be-built Mount Zion Road campus its flagship.

        The two-year college will develop the Mount Zion campus to serve up to 5,000 students over the next six to eight years and maintain teaching centers throughout the region.

        “The generosity of Mr. Butler's gift is another example of his giving back to the community. Mr. Butler's vision for Northern Kentucky includes enhancing opportunities for regional growth,” said the college's founding president, G. Edward Hughes.

        Mr. Butler led the first “Vision” planning group in the late 1970s and early 1980s to plan a “New” Northern Kentucky, which has largely sprung up according to the plan the panel put together.

        He has developed hundreds of acres in Northern Kentucky, including the CirclePort complex in Boone County and RiverCenter in Covington.
       

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